LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL

CP GEOMETRY

COURSE SYLLABUS

2011-2012

Student Expectations:

- Students are to come to class prepared. This includes bringing text book, binder, pencil, calculator (graphing TI-83 plus highly recommended), ruler, compass, and protractor.

- Students are to respect all class members. NO negative comments towards anyone in class, even if you thing it's a joke.

- Students are to participate in group/class discussions and complete all assigned homework and projects

- Students are to be in their seats by the time the bell rings. Any student who enters the room after the bell rings without a pass will be marked late and given detention (in accordance with student handbook policy found on page 40: tardiness to class).

- Students will be familiar and follow all rules in Student Handbook

Grading Policy:

Ø Assessments (70% of quarter average): Approximately 1 to 2 tests per and 2 to 4 quizzes per unit

Ø Homework (20% of quarter average): Homework will be assigned on a regular basis. All homework assignments are due at the beginning of class unless otherwise stated. Work must be shown in order to get credit for each assignment. LATE HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED (except due to absence. See make up policy regarding absences and make up work). Homework will be posted daily in the “Homework Postings Online” link accessed via the LHS website (www.lincolnps.org/HighSchool/ ).

Ø Productivity, participation and attentiveness (10% of quarter average): There will be several in-class assignments which will count as your productivity and participation grade. These assignments will be collected and graded periodically.

Ø Projects: Each project will be worth a quiz or test grade, depending on the complexity of the assignment.

Attendance/Make-Up Policy:

§ It is the student’s responsibility to find out what was missed (notes, homework, quiz, test) while absent. Homework is to be made up within the same number of days the student was out. Student will have four days from the day of his/her return to take missed tests and quizzes. Homework will be posted daily in the “Homework Postings Online” link accessed via the LHS website (www.lincolnps.org/HighSchool/ ).

§ If student is absent the day before a test/quiz, the student is still responsible to take the test/quiz that same day of the scheduled assignment. (Student will be given at least a two day notice of an upcoming test or quiz).

Extra Help:

All students are encouraged to come for extra help as needed. It is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements with me before or after class in room 10. I am also available via e-mail at ferreirar@lincolnps.org if you have any questions or concerns.

Student Name (please print): _________________________________________________

Student Signature:_______________________________________ Date:_____________

Parent Signature:________________________________________ Date:______________

Topics to be covered:

Coordinate plane 

§ Points, lines and planes

§ Distance and midpoint formula

Slope

 § Using the slope formula 

§ Proofs involving parallel and perpendicular lines (coordinate plane)

§ Solve problems using slope and lines on the coordinate plane

Angles and Segments

§ Angle addition and segment addition postulates

§ Using angle pairs to solve problems

Line and Angle relationships 

§ Make and defend conjectures about prallel and perpendicualr lines

§ Solve real world problems involving parallel lines and a transversal

Polygons

§ Classifying polygons

§ Interior and exterior angle sum of a triangle

§ Polygons - interior and exterior angle sum 

§ Problem solving involving polygons

 
Triangle Properties
§   Triangle properties
§   Medians and perpendicular bisectors 
§   Triangle inequalities
 
Quadrilaterals
§   Properties of quadrilaterals  
§   Solving real world problems involving properties of quadrilaterals 
 
Congruency of polygons 
§   Make and defend conjectures about congruent figures 
 
Congruency of triangles 
§   Make and defend conjectures about congruent triangles 
 
Transformations
§  Reflections
§  Translations
§ Rotations
§ Dilations
 

 
Perimeter and Area of Figures
§   Perimeter and circumference 
§   Area 
§   Composite figures 
 
Surface Area
§   Surface area of prisms, pyramids, cylinders and cones. 
§   Surface area of composite shapes 
 
Volume
§   Volume of prisms, pyramids, cylinders and cones
§   Volume of composite shapes
 
Similarity
§   Ratios and proportions
§   Geometric mean
Solve problems of dilations with both two and three dimension objects